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Donald Trump in front of the Walter Reed Hospital
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Trump: "I learned a lot about Covid"
1:00 a.m.:
Donald Trump reported again in a video message from the Walter Reed Hospital.
In addition to thanking the clinic staff and their work, the US President also announced a "surprise visit" for his supporters.
Shortly afterwards, Trump actually showed up with several companions in an armored car in front of the clinic and waved to his cheering fans.
The president described the course of his illness so far as an "interesting trip" in the Twitter video.
"I learned a lot about Covid," said Trump.
"I learned by actually going to school. This is the real school, this is not the 'let's-read-the-books-school'".
He understood it and it was a very interesting thing, Trump said with reference to the disease.
He wanted to let his supporters know more about it soon.
Survey sees Biden clearly ahead after Trump's illness
0.30 a.m.:
According to a survey by the Reuters news agency and the market research company Ipsos, the Democratic candidate Joe Biden is even more clearly ahead of incumbent Trump than he was a few days ago in the race for US presidency.
After Trump's Covid 19 illness, Biden was ten percentage points ahead of Trump at the national level.
This is an increase of one to two points compared to the previous week's surveys, which, however, have an inaccuracy of five points.
According to the survey, two-thirds of Americans think that Trump would not have contracted the coronavirus if he had taken it more seriously.
Data was also collected on the credibility of the president: around a third - 34 percent - of those surveyed assume that Trump is telling the truth about the coronavirus, 55 percent disagree, eleven percent are unsure.
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